biden s conviction. can republicans, voters, and trump himself explain away how a justice system they say has been weaponized by biden convicted the president the s own sun. it took an effort of herculean proportions clearing 50,000 tons of steel from 500 feet of water in less than three months after the key bridge collapse in baltimore. how soon can they start the next massive undertaking rebuilding the bridge itself? transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins me to discuss it in just a few minutes. and how old is too old to be in office? north dakota voters taking a shot at actually putting a number on it, 81. keep in mind, if they had their way at least a dozen and a half congressional lawmakers would be gone. could this new political push have legs? but we start with the hunter biden verdict causing some confusion in the republican ranks and sucking the air out of donald trump s claims that he s been singled out, targeted by a weaponized justice system. as the n
criminal. he s only out of prison because his dad is joe biden, they would say. where s hunter, where is hunter? i went to one of them. we have to have where is hunter, as a witness. what do you mean where s hunter, i have made his first name where s hunter. today hunter biden is awaiting a meeting with a probation officer after yesterday s felony conviction on gun charges. while the headline might sound like music to republican ears, his conviction is undercutting their 2024 campaign pitch, that the whole justice system, the doj is owned and operated by president biden himself. from the new york times, quote, many trump allies had been secretly rooting for an acquittal, talking points wrote themselves, it would have been yet more evidence that the united states justice system was rigged in favor of the bidens and against the trumps. tuesday s guilty verdict was inconvenient to that narrative. the inconvenience of the conviction punctures more than campaign talking poin
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it s noon eastern. i m ana cabrera in for andrea mitchell. breaking news from the hunter biden trial. the jury in the hunter biden felony gun trial has reached a guilty verdict on all three counts after nearly three hours of deliberations. this is the first trial of a child of a sitting president in u.s. history. president biden s son now facing potential jail time. he has no prior criminal history. he did not commit a crime with a gun, which prosecutors say he purchased illegally when he allegedly lied about not being an addict. notably, four members of the jury have close friends or family who have struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. again, unanimous guilty verdict. joining us now, nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. we just got a statement from president biden. fill us in. reporter: that s right. president biden has reiterated some of what he said during the trial. i want to read the statement. as i said last week, i am the president, but also
america to a state of, quote, godliness. the secret recordings that are creating fresh controversy for supreme court justice samuel alito. plus, a rare op-ed from attorney general merrick garland this morning, defending the doj as the house takes new steps towards holding him in contempt. and later, a primary day battle of wills, how donald trump s endorsement power is colliding with kevin mccarthy s revenge tour in south carolina. great to have you with us. thank you for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with verdict watch in the federal gun case against hunter biden. the jury back to deliberations this morning after being handed the case yesterday afternoon, following closing arguments where the prosecution called the evidence overwhelming. and the defense argued the prosecution had not proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt. nbc s ken dilanian is outside that courthouse in wilmington. also with us, civil rights at